Savory Cheese Tartlets with Mixed Berries
Time: 45 minutes
Serves: 24 tartlets

These sweet and savory cheese tartlets are topped with fresh raspberries and blackberries and drizzled with honey and thyme. With a yield of 24 tartlets, watch them disappear at your cocktail parties in no time!
Prep Time:
20 minutes plus 2 hours chilling time
Cook Time:
25 minutes
Serves:
24 tartlets
Perfect for:
Bookclub Bites
Finger Foods
Potluck Standouts
New Years
Wedding DIY
Ingredients
Filling
- 5 ounces goat cheese
- 3 ounces cream cheese
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, finely chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
Dough
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 7 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into tablespoons
- 3 ounces cream cheese, cut into tablespoons
Assembly
- 1 package (6 ounces) Driscoll's Raspberries
- 1 package (6 ounces) Driscoll's Blackberries
- 2 – 3 tablespoons chestnut honey or thyme honey
- Fresh thyme, finely chopped
Directions
Filling
- PLACE 5 ounces goat cheese into a medium bowl.
- ADD 3 ounces cream cheese.
- STIR until smooth.
- ADD 1 large egg.
- ADD 1 large egg yolk.
- ADD 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme.
- ADD 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- ADD 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper.
- STIR filling until smooth.
- SET ASIDE filling.
Dough
- PLACE 1 cup all-purpose flour into a food processor fitted with chopping blade.
- ADD 1/8 teaspoon salt.
- PULSE to combine.
- ADD 7 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into tablespoons.
- ADD 3 ounces cream cheese, cut into tablespoons.
- PULSE several times until mixture begins to clump together.
- GATHER dough into a ball.
- SHAPE dough into a thick disk.
- WRAP disk in plastic wrap.
- REFRIGERATE until chilled, about 2 hours.
Assembly
- POSITION oven rack in center of oven.
- PREHEAT oven to 350°F.
- BUTTER or COAT with cooking spray two 12-cup miniature muffin pans.
- DIVIDE dough into 24 equal pieces.
- PLACE one dough piece into each muffin cup.
- PRESS dough firmly into bottom of muffin cups and evenly up sides to make a pastry shell. (A wooden tart tamper can help the job go quickly.)
- CHILL muffin pans in freezer 5 minutes
- PIPE or SPOON equal amounts filling into chilled pastry shells.
- BAKE 25 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is puffed.
- ALLOW tartlets to cool 10 minutes in pans.
- REMOVE tartlets from pans and PLACE onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
- TOP tartlets with raspberries or blackberries as desired.
- DRIZZLE berries with chestnut honey or thyme honey.
- SPRINKLE tartlets with finely chopped thyme.
- SERVE immediately.



